Reiterating what Joss Whedon has already said about The Avengers: Age of Ultron not being related to the comic book series of the same name, comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis praises the filmmaker's "fantastic" take on the villain. Check it out!

When the title of Joss Whedon's sequel to The Avengers was announced at Comic-Con, many fans panicked. Surely it wouldn't be based on the critically panned comic book series (which IGN described as, "a giant waste of time") of the name? Thankfully, the writer and director of the movie was quick to debunk these rumours and now the writer of that series has done the same. However, he also praises Whedon's take on the villain! "As has already been revealed...not much. my story was based on the concept that Ultron had been a threat to us for many many years while Joss’ story is the birth of Ultron as it relates to the Marvel cinematic universe. Joss’ has a fantastic take on the character. big surprise :-)"Age of Ultron was originally called Ultron War and some are speculating that Marvel's comics division may have changed the title after learning what the sequel would be called. That certainly makes more sense than Whedon basing it off the comic book and was a clever marketing strategy as the collected edition of the event shot up the sales chart on Amazon following the announcement. What do you guys think?

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Really don't mind that its Tony that makes Ultron, I have faith in Whedons skills, and before a lot of you fanboys get your panties in a bunch about Ant-Man not having anything to work with now just trust that Marvel has aplan seeing as how Ant-Man comes out just 6 months after AoU

Am I a little sad that pym doesnt create ultron? Sure but I trust wedon enough to make a quality film out of ut. Its basically a different universe than the comic anyways so who care what happens as long as its entertaining which it will be.

Disney Chaiman/CEO Bob Iger has a majorly hands-off attitude about Marvel Studios. Marvel greenlights their own movies, and only coordinates with Disney Chairman Alan Horn. Both stayed completely away from Marvel CEO Perlmutter during the entire negotiation with Downey and the rest of the cast.

I'm sure Bendis loves the idea and I'm sure the idea works and is fun. Of course they can make this thing work without the original story, characters, psychological relationships, pathos, etc...That's not the point! You can make Superman being raised in Russia work, but it doesn't mean they should go that way in a movie!And I'll bet there are surprises and I'll bet I can call them, right here: They'll make Ultron an extraterrestrial AI. They'll be cybernetic robots with a hive mind. Why? Because it ties into Thanos and it fvcks up a future Brainiac based movie. The wholew point of this sequel seems to be to fvck up as many other cbms as possible. Even within the MCU.I guess Whedon's been reading a bit of Sun Tzu, eh? "It is not enough that I should succeed, but that all my enemies fail, also" or something, right?Well, I think Bendis' true critique is more like that comics panel you put up there:"Not much of a plan, but, okay!"And, y'know what, I'll bet it'll still be fun and will thrill me as a geek. Especially if they tie in Ultron to Death's Head 3 and have a bunch of female Ultron's modeled after the George Perez Jocasta design.And I'll be there on opening night and I'll buy it on DVD. But I have lost a whole hell of a lot of respect for this franchise, now. With the exception of GOTG, the MCU can go fvck it's own face.

Joss Whedon has stated that his armor will evolve in the film so I bet will see wakanda cause of the vibranium and that might be why there filming in Africa either way how they do this I know it will be good. and he stated it at sdcc on marvel live.